Home is where the Cat is.

Missionary work is scary business.

House 1: No one.

House 2: His mom.

House 3: No one.

House 4: A little sister who can’t convince the older sisters to come to the door even though we know they’re home.

….etc…

House 98: His mom. And a CAT!!! I hate cats. But Annabelle is the one who has a reason not to like this particular cat because it has been trained to attack her. We had to be brave.

Later we found out why no one answered their doors. It’s because they were all Christmas shopping. The. Lines. Were. So. LONG. We hate parking lots and pedestrians and the sun and everyone who thinks the world is ending today. Apparently not everyone believes that the world is over, though, because they were crowding the stores and the streets to find Christmas paraphernalia.

If you would like some advice, Annabelle and Rita have two things we’ve learned from our good and bad experiences today.

1. Don’t procrastinate the day of your Christmas shopping.
2. Call, don’t text.

Work on those two things and if you get discouraged, look at the bright side. At least we are not stoplights.